Images of Wales

Sunday, 25 January 1998

Glais, Swansea Valley,
Glamorgan

Photography by John Ball - 25 January 1998
(with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

Glais is a small village in the Swansea Valley, across the river Tawe from Clydach. Glais is in the parish of Llansamlet.

Above: A quiet Sunday-morning stroll down Ynysymond Road, Glais.

Above: Old cottages overlooking Ynysymond Road.

Above: The Old Glais Inn, one of the two public houses in Glais.

Above: The Globe Inn, Glais.

Above: The densely populated graveyard of Sion (Zion) Independent Chapel, Glais.

Above: A colourful selection of bricks set into a garden wall.
Each brick bears the name of the brickworks where it was made.

Above: The bridge which carries road traffic across the river Tawe from Clydach into Glais.